"Doug Miller" wrote: (clip) That said, though.... any device designed for
220V should be able to handle
245V.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Years ago when household appliances ran on 110 volts, we had 220. Since
then, voltage from neutral to either side rose to about 120, and voltage
across both side rose to 240. For some reason we still talk about 220 as
though it were double 120. What I'm getting at is that systems are no
longer designed for 220--it's 240, so the discrepancy is only 5 volts, and
that's trivial.

I'm guessing that the failure was due to some totally different cause, not
an error in line voltage.